Not to mention that Hillary Clinton has been harassed by insane conspiracy theorists and investigators for my entire lifetime and Donald Trump fanned the flames himself with the “lock her up” mob chant. Some of the stuff she’s been accused of is pretty close to the charges brought against witches (trafficking children…
OMFG STOP WITH THE WITCH HUNT BULL SHIT! Seriously. There was an ACTUAL witch hunt that happened here. It’s part of American History. 14 WOMEN WERE EXECUTED!
He was practically a cartoon of the genteel white racist southern lawyer from 1952. The kind that goes to the Baptist church every Sunday and is married with a family, but has a secret mistress and a second family on the poor side of town. Or perhaps a secret apartment where he meets with friends for licentious…
My dad will still refer to my voice as “shrill” when I’m debating something or raising my voice, no matter how many times I point out it’s because he’s not used to listening to women’s voices. This is also why I despise all the condescending conversation around women who uptalk, have vocal fry and say “like.” The…
Now that I’m thinking of it, it’s pretty depressing how many examples there are of words that are mostly or exclusively used to shut down women. Off the top of my head:
I’m still furious about the time my brother tried to pull the “time of the month” comment back when I was a teen and it makes me furious every time it’s happened since.
Exactly. She wasn’t hysterical, she was grilling an uncooperative witness (testifier?). She’s a former prosecutor, this is literally what she does. If she was a guy they might say “he was too hard on Session” but they wouldn’t call a guy “hysterical”.
“Hysterical” is kind of inherently gendered, even when applied to a man. Like, when you call a man a “bitch”, part of the insult is that you’re saying he’s like woman.
Kamala Harris is the only Senator on the judiciary committee who’s an actual prosecutor. This seems to especially bother John McCain (who’s been sitting in and interrupting her despite NOT being a member of the committee).
Yes to all of this. You said it much more eloquently than the thoughts in my head.
Harris brought her A+ game. Sessions had to be bailed out by the menfolk who dimly realized that she was making them all look bad. Hysterical? The only hysteria is from the men whose limp egos are threatened. This Miller fuck is the perfect example. He “objectively” judges that Harris was “hysterical”. He is so dense…
Just like the word “shrill” is almost exclusively used against women.
I’ve had discussions where individuals try to dismiss the use of the word as “non-gendered” because the word does legitimately describe a specific psychological state of extreme emotionality that is applicable to both men and women.
He’s lost all the base he’s ever going to lose. The ones sticking by him will stick with him till the bitter end. You could have him admitting on tape that he conspired with Russia and they still won’t believe his guilty.
“His base will abandon him once they find out he’s poor”
No, they won’t. I really can’t stress this enough: the answer to the question ‘what will make his base desert him’ is ‘basically nothing.’ Short of the utterly absurd - Trump showing up to personally eat the children of each supporter individually - Trump’s core…
America is an extra in a Russian Mob movie.
Two things: One — WOO-HOO! Can we get his tax returns now? I doubt that even if obvious evidence of obstruction of justice is found and announced, as long as the Republicans continue to get goodies from him, they’ll never even try to impeach him. Work towards 2018, people!
I was impressed with how collected and calm Comey was throughout his testimony, and how easily he was able to discuss and consider what he was being asked about. You could tell that he prepared for his testimony but also was being honest. Basically, he sounded like a professional, responsible person. Sessions sounded…